COVER OF THE WEEK?

So, Metro's not known for booking cover bands... ok, ONE time we booked a Phish cover band, but we were young and naive and trying really hard to find ourselves. Well, we found ourselves shortly after that experiment and we haven't had a cover band since. However, sometimes a band does cover a song and we don't mind it so much; totally helps when fifteen minute guitar solos aren't involved. Such is the case with the brand-spankin'-new Chicago band Apteka, who do a sweet version of "If You Were Here" by 80s faves Thompson Twins. Coincidentally the band is playing Metro this Saturday, January 20, so this is all just perfect timing really. They'll be joined by headliners The Assembly (who are releasing a new CD called Paranoia Will Destroy Ya), local superheroes Slings & Arrows, Sunday Morning Chameleon and Planes For Spaces.

MP3: Apteka - If You Were Here